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Adopting a dog 11/15/2022 04:29pm • This content is written by Dr. Lindsay Lane, partner at Rocky Gorge Animal Hospital. Adding a new member to the family isn’t a decision to be taken lightly. There are a lot of things to consider; what to get, how old it should be, where to get it from, and the care that pet will need for the re Why is Loudoun tourism spending so high? 11/15/2022 10:21am • Tourism revenue in Loudoun County last year was up 61% from 2020 but more than half of that was in the "transportation" category. To calculate tourism spending, the Virginia Tourism Corp. uses aviation-related spending at Dulles International Airport for visitors' airport and passenger data, as w Suspect in custody in shooting death of 3 football players at U.Va. 11/14/2022 09:45pm • A University of Virginia student is in custody after being accused of fatally shooting three football players on the Charlottesville campus late Sunday night. The victims are identified as Devin Chandler, a second-year student from Virginia Beach; D'Sean Perry, a fourth-year student from Miami; a Season’s first flakes expected in DC’s western suburbs 11/14/2022 04:09pm • Just as the growing season ends along Interstate 95 from Monday morning’s sub-freezing temperatures, Mother Nature has tricks up her sleeves on Tuesday. Low pressure pushing across the southern Plains will sweep into the D.C area just in time for the Tuesday evening commute. While the storm wil Footage of Md. road rage shooting released 11/14/2022 01:33pm • Maryland State Police have released video of a deadly road rage shooting earlier this year, and they hope the public can identify the shooter. It happened around 5:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 19, along eastbound U.S. Route 50 at Veterans Parkway. Police believe the victim, 29-year-old Delonte Hick Car Review: Genesis steps up its game with the 2023 Genesis G90 3.5T E-Supercharger 11/14/2022 05:35am • It used to be that choosing a Genesis model meant getting a good luxury car for a lower price than the rivals, but the experience wasn’t as rewarding. For 2023, Genesis goes from playing nice to a full-on assault against the established large luxury sedans. Gone are the days of the large but vanil Amid a major federal investment in electric cars, it’s time for states to step up, advocates say 11/13/2022 12:45pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. For years, electric vehicles posed something of a chicken-and-egg problem. Mass adoption, seen as critical to cutting the largest sing Virginia high school remembers student athlete killed in car crash 11/12/2022 06:06pm • A student-athlete at Washington-Liberty High School in Arlington, Virginia, was killed in a car crash in the Rock Spring neighborhood on Friday. Another teen is facing charges for their involvement in the fatal crash. Braylon Meade — a senior basketball and football player, as well as an academ Baltimore plan bans squeegee workers from some high-traffic areas 11/11/2022 09:16am • Panhandlers known as "squeegee workers" have been common in Baltimore since the 1980s. Now a new plan aims to stop them from cleaning drivers' windshields for cash in certain high-traffic parts of the city. A pilot program will be launched in six areas of Baltimore, including Conway and Light Record Veterans Day snowstorm anniversary marked with Nicole downpours, storms 11/10/2022 11:49pm • Thirty-five years ago — just as the D.C. area is bracing for tropical storms from former Hurricane Nicole on Friday — winter was knocking on our door unexpectedly. Similar to this month, November 1987 began with very warm weather. The high temperature reached 77 degrees on Nov. 4, and the wea Small cars from Subaru, Kia are flops in new crash test 11/10/2022 09:36am • Some small cars have come up short in a tough new crash test. Subaru’s Crosstrek and Impreza models, along with the Kia Forte, got poor ratings in an updated side crash test from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The poor ratings mean that “either the structure did not hold u Oakton homeowner shoots, kills intruder 11/10/2022 08:47am • An Oakton, Virginia, homeowner shot and killed a man in what police are calling self-defense after the man attacked the homeowner with a large landscaping rock inside his home Wednesday night. "We're fortunate nobody else was injured by this incident. There are two children that were inside the h Fredericksburg man guilty in COVID unemployment benefits scheme that netted up to $3.5M 11/10/2022 07:35am • A Fredericksburg, Virginia, man pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge for his part in a scheme where he and others obtained somewhere between $550,000 and $3.5 million in pandemic unemployment benefits. The scheme involved mail theft, bank fraud and pandemic unemployment benefits. Veterans Day 2022: Freebies and other specials 11/09/2022 05:50pm • Veterans Day is Friday, Nov. 11, and a number of discounts, specials and freebies will be offered that day to honor the men and women in uniform who have served their nation. Here are just a few Veterans Day offers, and note that some will continue through the upcoming weekend. Also note that Car hits and kills Gaithersburg couple on their way to vote 11/09/2022 02:21pm • A Gaithersburg, Maryland, couple was hit and killed on Election Day as they walked to their polling site at a local elementary school.  At around 7:20 a.m., just after polls opened in Montgomery County, 70-year-old Ana Margarita Ortiz and her husband, 65-year-old Miguel Antonio Ortiz, were crossi